Nexon America Infects Combat Arms with Zombies in New Major Content
Update

July 29, 2009

Nexon
America Infects Combat Arms with Zombies in New Major Content Update

New Quarantine Mode includes a
new map, weapons and has players turning into zombies, running amok and
spreading their contagion to other players

Nexon America today announced
Quarantine Mode, a new content update for its popular multiplayer online
first-person shooter (FPS), Combat Arms. The new play mode introduces
player-versus-zombie combat where players compete as soldiers or as infected
zombies. The mission for players: to either survive and destroy the infected or
infect as many humans as possible. Players can acquire the updated game now at
http://combatarms.nexon.net.

Quarantine Mode is introduced as
“Operation: Overdose,” on a new map to Combat Arms. On this map, players are
randomly selected at the start of each match to become a zombie. Players chosen
for the “infected” team must try to infect anyone that crosses their path.
Zombie players will use a melee attack to infect other players. Infect all
players and zombies win. Humans have two ways to win – survive the mission timer
or destroy all of the infected.

For the uninfected, it won’t be easy
to fight off the zombies, who are immune to poison, extremely resistant to
bullets and moderately resistant to fire, explosives and melee attacks. Zombies
are also not affected by critical hits. Infected players have double the normal
stamina and have an increased amount of health. Players will need to use their
weapons to keep the zombies away with the weapon knockback feature and work with
teammates to use strategy to defeat the hordes of walking dead.

“This isn’t the usual zombies
invading, eating your brains type of scenario,” said Min Kim, Nexon America’s
vice president of marketing. “In Quarantine Mode, the fun doesn’t end with
fending off zombies. Even if you get infected, you can continue playing as a
zombie and spread the zombie bug to your friends and other soldiers. This makes
for a messy, gooey fun fight with only the stoutest soldier able to avoid
becoming a chew toy.”

The new Combat Arms update also
includes a variety of new deadly weapons including a flame thrower, new assault
rifles and shotguns to its roster of deadly armaments. Quarantine Mode is the
latest major update Nexon America added to Combat Arms, which has seen more than
three billion kills since launching last summer.